The Indonesian Healthcard program was implemented in response to the economiccrisis, which hit Indonesia in 1998, in …

We examine the effects of trade liberalization on child work in Indonesia. Our estimation strategy identifies …

people into a position of long-term poverty or serious liquidity problems. …

perpetuating poverty and poor health in less-developed countries. …

between household welfare and fertility for Indonesia - a country which has experienced unprecedented economic growth and …

This article examines the role of the state in development, and the question of poverty, inequality and regional … disparity in selected ASEAN countries Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines in the context of both internal and … socioeconomic transformation, the current state of development, the high level of poverty in these countries (except Malaysia), the …

In 2006, poverty incidence in the Philippines went up by 3 percentage points from 2003, marking a reversal against the … downward trend in previous poverty estimates. This upward trend went against expectations after the Philippine economy … further add to the already difficult work of reducing poverty. The MDG deadline looms ahead and time is running out in the …

Uncertainty and unpredictability faced by low-income households increase their vulnerability making poverty even more … as a way of combating poverty. This paper investigates whether or not SHG participation results in reducing poverty and …. Going beyond the traditional poverty estimates, we use a vulnerability measure which quantifies the welfare loss associated …

This paper compares for 13 Latin American countries the poverty and inequality impacts of cash transfer programs that … to the poor within each population group (that is, poverty targeted transfers). The analysis finds that both the … incidence of poverty and the depth of the poverty gap are important factors affecting the relative effectiveness of categorical …